Chapter 1403: Chapter 884: Unexpected Wars on All Fronts (Part 2)

They probably won’t be able to muster enough strength to oppose the Imperial Council for a long time.

Painful.

The cost... it’s really too heavy!

Thinking about it, Joseph couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed with grief, and burst into sobs.

As the Duke, his crying prompted the fleeing nobles and aides to break down, and gradually, the sound of crying echoed throughout the ranks.

And it wasn’t until his voice became hoarse from crying that Joseph suddenly raised his head, angrily looking at the dejected Count Misi on the other side:

"It’s you! You fool! If it weren’t for your stupidity, how could we have suffered such a great defeat?!"

Upon hearing Joseph’s rebuke, the other nobles cast angry and resentful glances at Count Misi.

Feeling the bitter stares piercing his skin, Count Misi turned his eyes numbly.

He remained silent, only the hand supporting the broken sword trembled even more.

"Think positively, at least... we escaped, and as long as we’re out, we can continue recruiting new armies and fight back..."

One noble sighed and said.

As soon as these words came out, many dejected nobles regained their spirits, starting to think about how to save their family losses after such a defeat...

However, at that moment, a loud dragon roar echoed from the sky.

"A dragon?"

Some fleeing soldiers raised their heads, looking towards the sky like startled birds.

In the sky above, a majestic dragon was circling, and on its back, a tall figure could be vaguely seen.

Seeing that familiar sight, nobles and fleeing soldiers all turned pale with fear.

From the previous battles, they had developed a deep psychological shadow regarding elves.

"Oh no! It’s the Elf Dragon Knight!"

"They’ve spotted us!"

"Run! Quick, run!"

Suddenly, the fleeing ranks plunged into great panic, hastening their escape.

However, before they could get far, the familiar sound of iron hoofbeats arrived from all directions, accompanied by billowing dust, and the terrifying Elf Cavalry reappeared in their sights.

This time, the elves didn’t come from behind, but from the front.

They were the player forces wandering in the Western Domain, dedicated to hunting down fleeing soldiers.

Soon, the defeated noble ranks were surrounded, long spears pointed at their throats.

An apparent legion commander player dismounted from his Dragon Scale Horse and emerged from the crowd.

He glanced at the ashen-faced Joseph, then at the blank-eyed Count Misi, and after comparing them to the portrait screenshots from the battlefield channel, he laughed heartily:

"Hahaha! Look what we’ve discovered!"

After laughing, his expression suddenly turned serious, and he commanded:

"Capture them, take them back to Augus City!"

As he finished speaking, under the despairing gazes of the nobles, the elves swarmed upon them, tying them up.

...

When the news of the Northern Army’s total annihilation reached the central of the empire, the entire upper society of the Holy Mania Empire was shaken.

With the war barely two months in, in just the first battle, as much as seven hundred thousand soldiers were swept away.

This unbelievable news, if not confirmed from multiple sources, would have been impossible to believe...

However, the empire’s upper echelon’s shock was only the beginning.

For they were soon numbed by the shock from one bad news after another.

The Northern battlefield was only one of the Great Saint War’s fields.

As the curtain fell on the Northern battle, the Eastern battlefield, Southern battlefield, and Death Desert battlefield saw consecutive outbreaks of battles.

On each battlefield, players faced noble alliance armies numbering several hundred thousand to over a million, and on each battlefield, Life Church’s forces were greatly outnumbered by Eternal Church’s.

Yet not only on the Northern battlefield, after battles erupted on each battlefield, the war situations continued to wildly defy expectations.

On the Death Desert.

The Mengmeng Committee, centered in Sandstorm City, together with the Player Army of over two hundred thousand and the Silent Alliance reinforcements of one hundred thousand from Underworld, engaged the invading Aries Kingdom coalition in a series of battles in the desert.

Even though the Aries Kingdom’s troops far exceeded the Elf alliance, with geographic advantages and the resurrection trait, players forced Arabian Kingdom’s troops to retreat in defeat, almost driving them out of the Death Desert.

In the eastern Fengyue Free Territory.

Heart of Nature’s defensive forces and Fengyue Free Territory’s main forces steadfastly defended the border, engaging Eastern coalition, the strongest in numbers and strength, in multiple wars.

Even though the numbers between both sides were vastly different, under Li Mu’s masterful command, they battled to a close match.

The entire Eastern war zone became a brutal meat grinder.

Meanwhile, at the rear, the Ranger Corps of players disseminated Demacia’s tactics, causing chaos in Eastern Army’s rear, nearly severing Eastern coalition’s logistics line.

Ultimately, the increasingly pressured Eastern coalition had to abandon their aggressive assault, choosing to standoff against Fengyue Free Territory.

In the Southern Territory, where player strength was overall the weakest, the war situation was even more unexpected.

The Seeker Alliance, organized by Frank, displayed immense combat strength, joining the Catastrophe Knight Order of players, fiercely battling the Imperial Southern Army.

Though losses were heavy, the Imperial Southern Army managed to occupy less than half of the Southern Territory, and could advance no further, becoming engulfed in the guerilla warfare waged by players and Life believers...